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Singapore, Singapore
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Job Description
Role Overview
The Regional Commercial Manager New Product Planning is the regional commercial owner and ambassador for New Product Planning across the Specialty, Pharma & Infectious Disease (SP&ID) Business Unit for Asia Pacific. The role will be responsible for opportunity assessment, market prioritization, early commercial planning, and cross-functional coordination to support successful development and launch preparation for future SP&ID products.
As the regional commercial lead for New Product Planning, the Regional Commercial Manager is a trusted partner to New Product Leads along the Global-Regional Local axis, market brand teams, global marketing colleagues, and regional cross-functional teams—bringing clarity, discipline, and momentum to strategy, execution, and launch readiness. The incumbent will help ensure Asia Pacific needs and opportunities are reflected in broader product, forecasting, Stage Gate, and Enterprise Go-to-Market (EGTM) strategies.
The regional Commercial Manager will translate market insights, competitive intelligence, access realities, customer needs, and financial assumptions into clear actionable launch plans, and high-quality business decisions within the context of New Product Planning across Asia Pacific.
Location: Selected candidate can work from home country within Asia Pacific region (remote working).
What will you do
New Product Planning
Pipeline Strategy & Ownership
Regional–Global–Local Orchestration
Cross‑Functional Leadership & Execution
People Leadership and Capability Building
What should you have:
Required
Preferred
What Success Looks Like
Who We Are
We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have brought forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases.
What We Look For
We are looking for a leader who combines strategic thinking, operational discipline, and clear, compelling communication. If you bring intellectual rigor, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to convert ideas into measurable outcomes across a complex matrix, we invite you to help shape how Asia Pacific turns strategy into sustained performance and patient impact.
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Required Skills:
Asia Pacific Markets, Asia Pacific Markets, Business Acumen, Corporate Ethics, Customer Experience Optimization, Customer Insights, Dairy Science, Direct Marketing, Driving Sales, Field Marketing, Interpersonal Communication, Market Access, Market Development, Marketing, Marketing Program Management, Market Research, Medical Affairs, Omnichannel Strategy, Organizational Effectiveness, Outside Sales, Pricing Strategies, Product Launch Support, Product Management, Public Speaking, Regional Planning {+ 8 more}Preferred Skills:
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11/19/2026*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
